tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267090631813958441.post3734987167936342885..comments2015-05-16T18:05:34.135-04:00Comments on Musings of a Caps Fan: How did the players get here?Nettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803258085682090825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267090631813958441.post-56046559314535688412010-07-24T22:10:55.699-04:002010-07-24T22:10:55.699-04:00&quot;That playoff loss&quot;. You folks are new. ...&quot;That playoff loss&quot;. You folks are new. We&#39;ve had decades of poor playoff performances. Alan May flat out says it on TV interviews that many of his teammates didn&#39;t play their hardest when we had the Pens down 3-1 years ago. We lost, and the Pens won the Cup. May says that he doesn&#39;t speak to these Caps at reunions. He&#39;s now refering to the 6 passengers that Bruce mentioned. GMGM put 6 guys on this team that actually didn&#39;t play play off hockey against Montreal. I guess they were looking forward to their complete destruction in the next round by a franchise that always plays playoff hockey: Philly. That &quot;hot goalie&quot; wasn&#39;t even retained by the club. The always playoff ready Flyers desstroyed Halak, and the team traded his rights. Lastly, Mike Green has been a real stud in the playoffs. The guy really makes me think of Stevens, Langway and Tinordi when he plays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267090631813958441.post-88199111001296510792010-07-23T19:10:50.125-04:002010-07-23T19:10:50.125-04:00The Capitals during that era didn&#39;t have much ...The Capitals during that era didn&#39;t have much in terms of playoff success (less than the current Caps even), so trading Lang was just part of the plan to rebuild the team. Lang&#39;s trade, in addition to getting Fleischmann, got the pick that ended up being Mike Green and helped the Caps to win the draft lottery to pick Alex Ovechkin.<br /><br />And I wouldn&#39;t say the Caps are the joke of the league now. The playoff loss was unfortunate but Montreal was better than most people expected and they had a hot goalie. Also, historically a lot of other franchises have had playoff failures before success.Nettyhttp://musingsofacapsfan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267090631813958441.post-23332645983400364582010-07-22T23:33:13.277-04:002010-07-22T23:33:13.277-04:00Big deal. They&#39;re mainly a collection of wimps...Big deal. They&#39;re mainly a collection of wimps. We&#39;re a joke in the league now.Fleishman for Lang. Great move. Lang lead the league in scoring when we dumped him. The guy also had hardware we don&#39;t have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com